BLACK BIRD
Verse1:
His name
is unmentionable
not quite forgettable
so i wont mention it to you
His fame
is quite regrettable
not unexplainable
It cant be helped by what i do
(bridge sort of) :
I want to send a mess-age- to -him
What i'd give to get - through -to -him
I guess i'll have to send another message with my little black bird
(continuation of normal verse):
Black bird
can fly effortlessly
I try impossibly
to try and get him over here
Black bird
Once had a family
One day he flew free
Grew out of the nest my dear
Bridge:
I want to send a message with him
Be his friend if i could catch him
Tie it to his leg and watch him fly away-
Oh my little black bird
I need you, my black bird
Chorus:
I tried a little letter in th post
but it didn't work
Guess you threw it away with your toast
Personally i'm hurt
I'm not in-ter-ested
just in-ter-ested
in what goes on in your head
When you see my little black bird against the blue sky
Will you let it fly away or try to untie
The letter on its leg will you read it will you reply
To my little black bird
Verse 2:
Yes he
Is a celebrity
unintentionally
but i'm sure he loves the fame
Does he
always look lovely
smiling wonderfully
i bet he cries just the same
I want to send a mess-age - to -him
What i'd give to get - through -to -him
I guess i'll have to send another message with my little black bird
Black bird
is tamer now
that I've shown him how
He won't fly away again
Black bird
doesn't know how
him and i somehow
could become such friends
He'll let me send a mess-age -to -him
now i have to say good-bye - to -him
I hope he come back with a reply someday-
Oh my little black bird
I need you my black bird because
Chorus:
I tried a little letter in the post
but it didn't work
Guess you threw it away with your toast
Personally i'm hurt
I'm not in-ter-ested
just in-ter-ested
in what goes on in your head
When you see my little black bird against the blue sky
Will you let it fly away or try to untie
The letter on its leg will you read it will you reply
To my little black bird
(vocal/ musical break with no set words- kind of like a solo)
Verse 3: (softer)
And I
don't wanna love him
don't want to hold him
Like so many others do
I-I
just wanna know him
have a talk to him
Hope he talk to me too
This is the message i- sent - to -him
I know 'bout your life but to you- whats -it- mean
I just wanna know what its like to be someone like you
and do the things you do
my little black bird
Chorus:
I tried a little letter in the post
but it didn't work
Guess you threw it away with your toast
Personally i'm hurt
I'm not in-ter-ested
just in-ter-ested
in what goes on in your head
When you see my little black bird against the blue sky
Will you let it fly away or try to untie
The letter on its leg will you read it will you reply
To my little black bird
